Today I did something that I haven't done in two and a half months, and to be honest I wasn't completely sure I'd ever be able to do again. I walked without crutches. And even though I'm a little out of practice, I remember it being a whole lot easier. I've been crutch-walking for a couple weeks now as I've slowly worked my weight bearing up and that was pretty easy. But with no crutches at all it takes a lot of focus and a lot of effort to keep from falling over. It is pretty alarming how much muscle mass I've lost - my right leg looks like I have polio - so it takes all the strength that I can will in order to walk. And in addition to having cadaver parts in me, I now shuffle along and groan when I walk like Frankenstein too so I guess there's no question what my Halloween costume will be. It's pretty nice to be able to carry my own coffee cup now though and I'm sure that my strength will start to return pretty quickly.
Also I decided to get behind the wheel today for the first time since my injury. I only drove down to the condo gym and never got above 15 mph but it was a lot more enjoyable than hobbling down there on crutches. And again, progress is good. I'm not confident that I could react quickly enough in an emergency so I'll stick to the condo property for now. But driving on the street doesn't seem to far off anymore.
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